SeeSaw

I have enjoyed using SeeSaw with my students and families. My students are able to create portfolios to share their work with me and/or their families on a secure platform. Parents love seeing their child's progress in learning. I can leave feedback on student's work and send messages to both the whole class and individual students as needed. It is also a key link in communication with families as I can also send message to individual families or to all of the families at once. Parents can choose to receive notifications via email or text message and many prefer the text option so they can quickly see and respond to the messages. I found it so easy to remind parents of library day, message families about missing homework, or send quick updates about special school activities. I loved this app when we were in the classroom, but the communication tools became even more valuable when school was closed for COVID. I was able to communicate with parents daily and they were able to ask questions at any time with this simple convenient tool. Students were able to share work with me that they had completed at home and it was a nice way to keep everything organized.

SeeSaw sounds like a nice tool to use with potentially starting next year remotely.  I like how studens are able to share their work with you and their families.  Messaging families about upcoming events would be very beneficial.  It sounds like it is very easy to keep things organized.

My daughter just finished first grade and when COVID-19 shut the school doors, her teacher did all of her teaching on SeeSaw. She recorded lessons for the students to watch and posted daily assignments. Students were also allowed to post to one another. SeeSaw is great... user friendly for students and parents alike!!

I use Class Dojo instead of SeeSaw. It has many of the same features, but a little more oriented for upper-elementary and middle school.  I love how kids can post videos and make comments on their own learning. It is such an amazing tool!

I just started using this.  It's really easy to move around in.  It sort of reminds me of Facebook.